Dear Parents/Caregivers, Welcome back to Term 2. Thank you to everyone for the way they have handled the start of this term. It has been a little unsual with the shorter week and the beginning of swimming lessons. Our swimming lessons will be happening every week for the remainder of Term, thank you to all those parents / carers who are assisting with this program. National Anthem – Verse Two A huge thank you to Ginny Rickhuss! Ginny sat in assembly last year and thought… wouldn’t it be great if we had the words of Verse Two as well as Verse One of the National Anthem. Well her dream became a reality through a lot of hard work, letter cutting and ironing! Thanks so much Ginny, we totally love our Verse Two! ISSUE 11 April 26 th , 2019 Office Hours - 8:30am to 4:00pm - Monday to Thursday 9:00am to 3.30pm - Friday CALENDAR Receive our The Seagull by email: [email protected]TERM 2 Monday 29 th April – Assembly Monday 29 th April – Swimming (Prep and 3/4 Monday 29 th April – Sailing Grade 6 Tuesday 30 th April - Sailing Grade 6 Friday 3 rd May – Swimming (Grade 1/2 and 5/6) Term Dates 2019 Term 1: January 29 th to April 5 th Term 2: April 23 rd to June 28 th Term 3: July 16 th to September 20 th Term 4: October 7 th to December 20 th . PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & PUPIL FREE DAYS Monday June 10 th – Queens Birthday
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Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Welcome back to Term 2. Thank you to everyone for the way they have handled the start of this term. It has
been a little unsual with the shorter week and the beginning of swimming lessons. Our swimming lessons
will be happening every week for the remainder of Term, thank you to all those parents / carers who are
assisting with this program.
National Anthem – Verse
Two
A huge thank you to Ginny Rickhuss!
Ginny sat in assembly last year and
thought… wouldn’t it be great if we
had the words of Verse Two as well
as Verse One of the National
Anthem.
Well her dream became a reality
through a lot of hard work, letter
cutting and ironing! Thanks so much
Ginny, we totally love our Verse
Two!
ISSUE 11 April 26th, 2019
Office Hours - 8:30am to 4:00pm - Monday to Thursday 9:00am to 3.30pm - Friday
TERM 2 Monday 29th April – Assembly Monday 29th April – Swimming (Prep and 3/4 Monday 29th April – Sailing Grade 6 Tuesday 30th April - Sailing Grade 6 Friday 3rd May – Swimming (Grade 1/2 and 5/6)
Term Dates 2019 Term 1: January 29th to April 5th Term 2: April 23rd to June 28th Term 3: July 16th to September 20th Term 4: October 7th to December 20th.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & PUPIL FREE DAYS Monday June 10th – Queens Birthday
A large number of Paynesville Primary School students attended the Paynesville RSL ANZAC Day Service. It
was a beautiful service and I was very proud of our students who stood and listened respectfully. Zane
Marsh and Averil Watkinson spoke as part of the ceremony and I received many positive comments about
how well they spoke, well done Zane and Averil.
Woorabinda Camp Our school has received a very limited number of places for the Department of Education and Training’s
Woorabinda Camp. This is a 5 day program that is offeres to Grade 4 and 5 students. The camp dates are
11 – 14 June. The fee for the camp is $190. The camp itinerary includes physical and outdoor activities.
Students who have returned the expression of interest form will be selected at random. Notices
containing further information and the expression of interest form are located in the school office.
Expressions of interest need to be returned by Wednesday 1st May.
Nagle College 2020
This week information went home to our Grade 6 families regarding Secondary Schooling in 2020 and which particular school their child will be attending. Nagle College have provided us with a link http://www.nagle.vic.edu.au/enrolment/info for any interested families who
would like to their child to attend Nagle College in 2020. The will need to complete the application form and return to Nagle College by Friday May 31st.
Open Classrooms vs Closed Classrooms
At Paynesville Primary School we operate in open classroom environments. For us, this looks like 2 classes operating within one large open plan space. There are many benefits to open plan classrooms. They are perceived to be less authoritarian and facilitate group work and children’s social development. The sense of community that open plan classrooms create can be leveraged to encourage conversation, cooperation and collaboration. Open plan classrooms also allow for the smooth transition of ability grouping according to academic level when delivering literacy and numeracy instruction. Additionally open classrooms are seen to benefit the teachers by promoting the sharing of skills, ideas and experiences and by allowing for team-teaching, which is believed to create a more cooperative and supportive atmosphere. One of the challenges of open plan classrooms can be noise levels. This can be an issue where one class is engaged in a critical listening activity while the other class may be doing a noisy group work activity. In our classes, teachers work closely together to ensure they are doing similar activities at the same time to reduce the impact of noise. This year, the Grade 3/4 classes will be taking part in a University or Melbourne research project that looks at the impact of the classroom environment on listening and learning. In particular they will be comparing listening and learning outcomes for two classroom environments: open plan and enclosed classrooms. There are a number of schools involved in this project across the Gippsland region and this research project is supported by the Department of Education and Training. This is a very relevant research topic for our school and we will be very interested in learning from the teachers and students involved in this project. The Grade 3 and 4 class teachers have talked with the students about how this project will look and they are feeling positive about being involved. As with any research project, participation is voluntary and can be reviewed throughout the study.